THEGeneral Assembly of the International Federation of padel (FIP) brought many good news for the padel. Indeed, our sport will make the show during the European Games in Poland in 2023 and will also soon be present at the Asian Games. But the European and Asian Games are not part of the competitions that the WPT authorizes players to play, one wonders if the famous contract will prevent them from participating...

Indeed, the technical regulations indicate that the 20 best players in the world can only participate, outside the World Tour circuit:

  • in the Spanish individual and team championships,
  • at the European Championships
  • at the Worlds of padel

As you can see above, the Continental Games are not included in this regulation. If there are currently no Asians in the best players in the World Padel Tour, this is a big problem for Europeans…

And from the 21st place, players can participate in tournaments as long as they do not hinder their presence in the competitions of the first level international season. In this case, it all depends on whether or not the dates chosen by the FIP coincide with WPT tournaments…

For the moment, the World Padel Tour did not communicate on these continental Games, but it is recalled that no other sport in the world is subject to these restrictions deemed abusive on players – everyone is supposed to be able to participate in Olympic sports! Anyway, the day after the release of the sentence of the trial between the WPT and Miguel Oliveira, one wonders if the Estrella Damm circuit will be able to prevent players from doing what they want for a long time…

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !